ADGB Trade Union School

Bernau bei Berlin, Germany

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Built between 1928 and 1930 for the General German Trade Union Federation in Bernau bei Berlin, the ADGB Trade Union School is a landmark of Bauhaus functionalist architecture. Designed by Hannes Meyer, the Bauhaus director, and Swiss architect Hans Wittwer—who taught building theory at the school alongside Meyer—the complex represents both a refined design philosophy and a pedagogical experiment. Students from Meyer's building theory course and other Bauhaus departments participated directly in its design, construction, and interior fitting, making it a collaborative workshop as much as a finished structure. As the second-largest project ever undertaken by the Bauhaus, surpassed only by Bauhaus Dessau, it demonstrates the movement's commitment to functional design principles. In 2017 the school was inscribed as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site recognizing the Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau, and Bernau.